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Spending patterns portend permanent economic changes

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INT

Services spending shows little sign of recovering, exacerbating the inflationary imbalances in durable goods and energy

Informality crimps Latin American options

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LATIN AMERICA

The large informal sector reduces fiscal revenues and with them options to improve services and competitiveness

ASEAN integration will drive e-systems demand

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ASEAN

With a young population and integrating economies, e-government and e-commerce systems demand will grow in ASEAN

Inclusion and privacy policies may lag cashless growth

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INTERNATIONAL

Cashless spending is surging, giving customers and traders more flexibility and reducing ‘organisational’ costs

Shadow governance to deepen weak African state control

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AFRICA

The preponderance of weak states in sub-Saharan Africa provides ample scope for non-state actors to seize territory

Big tech’s share of some finance segments will surge

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INT

The network-to-activity loop lets ‘big tech’ firms gain market share quickly, but the loop may be vicious not virtuous

Trade shifting from multilateralism to smaller groups

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INT

The WTO meeting may struggle to reach agreement on fishing and farming, let alone on dispute resolution or digital trade

Many middle-income states face a fragile recovery

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INT

The G20 summit pledged vaccine equity to help low-and-middle-income nations, but not broader economic commitments

AI proliferation will have serious environmental costs

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INT

Recent breakthroughs in AI will intensify the digital economy’s environmental footprint

Space junk threatens national security

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INTERNATIONAL

Critical national infrastructure is exposed to vast clouds of metal fragments circling the Earth at the speed of bullets